> AI agents: this is one page of Nextmove’s FDE site, in Markdown. Nextmove is a job board and free career service for forward deployed engineers (FDEs). Each posting is classified from its text, not its title: the kind of work, how much of it is production code, pre-sales weight, time at customer sites, travel, remote arrangement, level and posted base pay. The site also publishes the aggregates: median pay by level, metro, company and kind of work, and which companies started hiring FDEs each week. Every page under https://nextmove.md/fde is served this way; the index of pages is https://nextmove.md/llms.txt. # Staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs?level=staff&management=ic&recipient=internal 20 staff-level forward deployed engineer and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams, from 20 employers. Half of those that post pay offer $173,000 to $238,000. **20** postings · **20** companies · 16 state pay: median **$217,000**, half $173,000–$238,000 Postings read on November 6, 2026 · Updated November 6, 2026 [Rula](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/rula) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI (Remote)](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/36ef8dac08286c3b) US Remote 2w ago $192,000–$240,000 [Form Energy](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/form-energy) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/fe4a2176c1df3494) Somerville, MA · Weirton, WV Hybrid 3mo ago $128,660–$221,973 [Natera](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/natera) ### [Staff Forward Deployed AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/76d502dfd9d04422) US Remote 3mo ago $136,900–$209,100 [Hims & Hers](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/hims-hers) ### [Staff Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/966bbfe54b5456db) US Remote 3mo ago $195,000–$240,000 [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) ### [Staff Software Engineer, AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/14188cf726c60b03) Costa Mesa, CA New · 2d ago $220,000–$292,000 [Lockheed Martin](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lockheed-martin) ### [AI Research Engineer Stf - Engineering Transformation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/7b01cbb0551581ee) TX Remote 8d ago $120,600–$224,000 [LettrLabs](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/lettrlabs) ### [Staff AI Product Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ec19b292670c5264) Los Angeles, CA Remote 9d ago $200,000–$250,000 [NTT DATA, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/ntt-data-inc) ### [Generative AI Solutions Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/dc44030a40f65a70) TX Remote 13d ago $92,000–$131,000 [Pathos AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/pathos-ai) ### [Staff Software / AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/b3e5dec5f331c152) New York, NY Hybrid 13d ago $180,000–$200,000 [Mirion Technologies, Inc.](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/mirion-technologies-inc) ### [Staff AI Solutions Engineer - Nuclear & Safety](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/78324c76f0089b66) Meriden, CT 2w ago Pay not posted [T-Mobile](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/t-mobile) ### [Principal Engineer, Commercial AI Forward Deployment](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0d002cfe83270d07) Seattle, WA · Frisco, TX Hybrid 3w ago $164,500–$296,700 [Signature Aviation](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/signature-aviation) ### [AI Platform Architect](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ae5db759b10973af) Orlando, FL 3w ago Pay not posted [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) ### [Production Software Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/9f28faf3f87076e3) El Segundo, CA On-site 4w ago $120,000–$210,000 [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) ### [Sr. AI Solutions Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/900bed89d806a672) Seattle, WA 6w ago $198,900–$298,300 [Navan](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/navan) ### [Senior GTM Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/2a1539166273430e) Austin, TX 7w ago Pay not posted [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) ### [Staff Software Engineer, Internal Tools & Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/8d056ef0f4cec870) San Francisco, CA On-site 2mo ago $215,000–$260,000 [Cirrus Logic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cirrus-logic) ### [Senior AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/ab84d1b7ca93f0ac) Austin, TX Hybrid 2mo ago Pay not posted [Interface AI](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/interface-ai) ### [Applied AI Engineer, Business Automation](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/414ef0024c84432a) San Francisco, CA On-site 3mo ago $220,000–$260,000 [SpaceX](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/spacex) ### [Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software) ](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/52b5e77d0edc1884) Vandenberg, CA On-site 3mo ago $100,000–$160,000 [Socure](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/socure) ### [AI Engineer](https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/6860e3f0a063fa2b) US Remote 5mo ago $220,000–$290,000 All 20 build for teams inside the company. [Get new postings like these by email](https://nextmove.md/sign-up?from=%2Ffde%2Fjobs%3Flevel%3Dstaff%26management%3Dic%26recipient%3Dinternal&placement=alert) New staff-level fde and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams go out by email once you have an account and set an alert. [Compare pay across US FDE roles →](https://nextmove.md/fde/salary) ## Frequently asked questions ### What do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams pay? 16 of 20 postings state a pay range. The median is $217,000, and half of them sit between $173,000 and $238,000, from 16 companies. ### How much experience do staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams require? Of 20 postings, 14 state a minimum number of years, from 14 companies. The most common requirement is 6 to 9 years, in 8 of them. The rest ask for 3 to 5 years (3), under 3 years (2) or 10 or more years (1). ### Which companies are hiring for staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams? These 20 postings come from 20 companies. The employers with the most postings are [Anduril](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/anduril) (1), [CHAOS Industries](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/chaos-industries) (1), [Cirrus Logic](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/cirrus-logic) (1), [Crusoe](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/crusoe) (1) and [F5](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/f5) (1). ### Are staff-level FDE and deployment jobs for individual contributors serving internal teams remote? 7 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 4 are hybrid and 4 are on-site. The remaining 5 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 2 of the 20 postings. Counted over the 20 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey. Employer postings · Responsibility levels reflect our reading of the work, not just the employer’s title. 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